London Buses route 180

180
Stagecoach London Alexander Dennis Enviro400EV near North Greenwich bus station
Overview
Operator	Stagecoach London
Garage	Plumstead
Vehicle	Alexander Dennis Enviro400H Alexander Dennis Enviro400EV
Peak vehicle requirement	17
Began service	7 October 1951
Former operator(s)	London Central London General East Thames Buses Harris Bus Selkent London Regional Transport London Transport Executive (GLC) London Transport Executive
Night-time	N1
Route
Start	Erith
Via	Belvedere Abbey Wood Plumstead Woolwich Charlton Greenwich Peninsula
End	North Greenwich bus station
Length	11 miles (18 km)
Service
Level	Daily

London Buses route 180 is a Transport for London contracted bus route in London, England. Running between Erith and North Greenwich bus station, it is operated by Stagecoach London.

History

In June 1992, a South Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive Leyland-DAB articulated bus was trialled for a month on the route along with a three-axle Citybus Leyland Olympian.^[1] On 14 February 1998, operation of the route passed from Selkent to Harris Bus.^[2] After Harris Bus ran into financial difficulty, on 25 March 2000 it was taken over by East Thames Buses.^[3]

On 3 October 2009, East Thames Buses was sold to London General, which included a five-year contract to operate route 180.^[4][5][6] London General retained the route when re-tendered with a new contract commencing on 1 October 2016.^[7] In December 2017, it was transferred from Belvedere garage to Morden Wharf garage.^[8][9]

On 2 October 2021, the route was taken over by Stagecoach London.^[10]

In July 2017 Transport for London announced proposed changes to route 180 in anticipation of the opening of the Elizabeth line with route 180 to be diverted after Charlton to run to North Greenwich instead of Lewisham.^[11] The change was implemented on 14 May 2022.^[12]

Current route

Route 180 operates via these primary locations:^[13]

• Erith Fraser Road
• Belvedere
• Abbey Wood station
• Plumstead station
• Woolwich Arsenal station
• Charlton station
• Greenwich Peninsula
• North Greenwich bus station for North Greenwich station

Vehicles

Since November 2021, the route has been partially operated by Alexander Dennis Enviro400EVs.^[14][15]

References

1. Wharmby, Matthew (2016). The London Bendy Bus. Barnsley: Pen & Sword. p. 7. ISBN 978 1 78383 172 2.
2. Winning London Tenders: The Harris Bus Experience Buses issue 520 July 1998 page 23
3. Harris Bus: Why LT took over Buses issue 542 May 2000
4. Go-Ahead Acquires East Thames Buses Go-Ahead Group 30 July 2009
5. Go-Ahead buys East Thames Buses Archived 2014-05-24 at the Wayback Machine Bus & Coach Professional 3 August 2009
6. East Thames Buses Go-Ahead London
7. Tender News Bus Talk issue 40 June 2016 page 11
8. Farewell my Belvedere Bus Talk issue 49 December 2017 page 14
9. Atlas Road changes hands, Belvedere is vacated Buses issue 753 December 2017 page 24
10. Latest tendered service awards Buses issue 790 January 2021 page 22
11. Changes to suburban bus services to support Elizabeth line Transport for London July 2017
12. Bus changes Transport for London 14 May 2022
13. Route 180 Map Transport for London
14. Four more London routes to go zero-emission double-decks Route One 23 November 2020
15. "Gradual electric bus roll-out continues". Buses. No. 803. February 2022. p. 24.

External links

Media related to London Buses route 180 at Wikimedia Commons